Healthy High Streets

Launched in 2014, the Healthy High Streets programme provides intensive support for high streets. Over a three year period the programme will support 100 locations to revitalise high streets and engage large businesses in their local communities.

Business it the Community is proud to announce that the final 33 towns to be supported by Business in the Community are:

The programme is backed by corporate partners Boots UK, EE, Exterion Media, Greggs, Marks & Spencer, Santander and Wilko. These businesses are collaborating with local town teams to develop and implement activities such as:

Enabling access to landlords to address issues around empty and unsightly properties

Prioritising accessibility and safety

Creating and enabling high profile events to drive footfall

Creation of relevant pop up shops and markets to support start ups

Helping to improve customer service

Providing expert help and resource to market and celebrate the high street.

Figures released in November 2015 show that the Healthy High Streets programme is succeeding in its objectives of increasing footfall, reducing the number of vacant units, and creating jobs. Overall, Healthy High Streets towns haver reported:

an improvement in footfall by 0.4% compared to the start of the programme. By comparison, footfall nationally in High Streets declined by 0.4% over the same period. Healthy High Streets have therefore outperformed UK High Streets nationally by 0.8%,

the creation of over 1,700 jobs since the programme's launch.

High streets

The programme focuses on high streets that serve an area of high multiple deprivation, have potential for growth, have established or emerging partnerships to represent them and are served by the businesses involved in the campaign.